Beauty is Not
(Okay, this is the first poem I've written in nearly two decades, so please be kind ^_^. I didn't even mean to get back into poetry, this just popped into my head and I knew I had to write it, and hoped it was worth sharing)
BEAUTY
IS NOT
By
Gerilyn Marin
I submit
to you that beauty is not a color.
It is
not a shape.
It is
not a weight.
It is
not a length of hair, nor a shade of locks.
Beauty
is within.
It is a
feeling.
It is an
essence.
It is an
air,
A grace,
A state
of mind.
If a
person seems to possess none,
Then I
submit to you that you do not truly know them.
You know
not the battles they've fought.
You know
not the scars their hearts bear.
You know
not the burdens they carry with a smile.
You know
not the harsh realities
Which
have carved the hard edges you call
Ugly.
I submit
to you that if you cannot find beauty in another,
Then
perhaps the fault lies in you.
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